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Charlottesville Right Now, 4pm – 6pm

We go beyond the headlines into the important stories that matter to us locally.
Join NewsRadio WINA’s Courteney Stuart weekdays for the news and newsmakers of the day.

Tuesday, October 29, 201910/29/2019

TEDx Tuesday for TEDxCharlottesville

Les Sinclair speaks with ASMR Researcher, Craig Richard, Professor of Physiology at Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA. about ASMR and…

Tuesday, October 29, 201910/29/2019

10th and Dairy Breaks Ground

“Charlottesville Right Now”‘s Les Sinclair discusses with Jodi Mills, of Stony Point Development Group, about the new apartments at Tenth…

Monday, October 28, 201910/28/2019

Latest Virginia Political Poll

WINA’s Les Sinclair talks with Rachel Bitecofer, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Wason Center for Public Policy, Christopher Newport University on their…

Monday, October 28, 201910/28/2019

City Council Candidate Affordable Housing Forum October 30

Les Sinclair interviews Garrett Trent, Associate Director of Community Partnerships with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville, about a City…

Friday, October 25, 201910/25/2019

POSTAL at VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL

Les Sinclair speaks with Tyler Falbo, director of Postal, part of the Virginia Film Festival. Postal      

Friday, October 25, 201910/25/2019

Top 5 Soundbites of the Week

WINA’s Dori Zook joins Les Sinclair with the Top 5 soundbites of the week ending–10/25/19

Thursday, October 24, 201910/24/2019

Downtown Safe Halloween Returns

Les Sinclair talks with Kate Purnell, of Charlottesville Parks & Rec, about Charlottesville’s Downtown Safe Halloween at Sprint Pavilion Saturday,…

Thursday, October 24, 201910/24/2019

Cancer Drug Shortage Explained | Dr. Mike Engel 

WINA NEWS spoke with Dr. Mike Engel, of UVA Children’s Hospital, about the drug shortage of chemotherapy medication vincristine. Acute…

Thursday, October 24, 201910/24/2019

AMERICAN HERETICS: THE POLITICS OF THE GOSPEL VAFF

Les Sinclair talks with Charlottesville-based director  Jeanine Butler about her film at the Virginia Film Festival. 

Wednesday, October 23, 201910/23/2019

Weldon Cooper Center’s Social Capital Survey

Les Sinclair discusses some of the Social Capital Survey, with Kara Fitzgibbon, director of the Weldon Cooper Center’s Center for Survey Research. 

Latest Stories

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What’s open on Thanksgiving? Not much, as many stores rest — or prepare — ahead of Black Friday

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With Thanksgiving and the formal launch of the holiday shopping season this week, Americans will again gather for Turkey Day meals before knocking off items on their Christmas gift lists.

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Under a cloud, the Olympic flame begins its journey to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

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The Olympic flame began its journey Wednesday to the Milan Cortina Winter Games — missing a little of its usual magic. Bad weather lashing western Greece forced organizers to move the torch-lighting ceremony indoors, from Olympia's ancient stadium and temples to a nearby museum.

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Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups pleads not guilty in rigged poker games case

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he profited from rigged poker games involving several Mafia figures and at least one other ex-NBA player.

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One of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre’s last survivors, Viola Ford Fletcher, dies at age 111

Viola Ford Fletcher, who as one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the thriving Black community where she lived as a child, has died. She was 111.

1 day ago in National

Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed

A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump's urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.